Åžebnem Paker

Şebnem Paker ( born 1977 in Istanbul) is a Turkish singer and two-time Euro Vision Song Contest participant.

Life and career

Paker began at the age of three years to take ballet lessons which she continued led up to the age of ten. Later she took guitar lessons. 1992-1996 she studied classical guitar at the National Conservatory of Istanbul. In 1995 she met the composer and head of the trumpet department of the State Symphony Orchestra Istanbul Levent Çoker, and began with him first studio recordings. Her education began in 1996 at the University of Marmara in the art song continues, she graduated in 2000.

Paker has released an album after their success at the Euro Vision Song Contest. Your published in 1997 the first and only album Dinle was in Turkey but only of average success. Today she works as a music teacher and occasionally gives concerts. She is married and has children.

Euro Vision Song Contest in 1996 and 1997

Paker represented at the Euro Vision Song Contest 1996 in Oslo with the Turkey Levent Çoker composition Besinci mevsim ( en: The Fifth Season ). Paker had the number 1 and finished with 57 points 12th place Besinci mevsim had like all the other songs of the vintage 1996 only by an audio pre-selection round. Music experts eliminated seven of the final candidate, which Pakers song could qualify for the finals 7th place. Germany owed ​​this audio pre-selection round his only non-participation in the competition since 1956.

The following year she again took part with Levent Çoker composition on the Turkish pre-decision and again won the preliminary decision. With the group Etnik Paker represented Turkey in the Euro Vision Song Contest 1997 in Dublin with start number 2 labeled with the ethnic song Dinle (en: Listen! ) Took third place in Dublin with 121 points. This result was up to that time -won highest placing Turkey in the Euro vision and made for Turkish celebrations. Until that time, was the rank 9- placement as the best result of Turkey, which had reached ve onlar the Euro Vision Song Contest in 1986 with Halley, the group clips. Greece Turkey was first points in this competition (7 out of 12 possible points ). The square of 3 Paker with Dinle remained the best Turkish result until victory of Sertab Erener in 2003.

Also In 1998, Paker at the Turkish preliminary decision again with a Levent Çoker composition and again with the group Etnik part. The composition Çal ( de: Game ( the musical instrument ) or pot! ) Finished in the preliminary round an unknown placement. ( Only the top 3 results were published. )

Discography

• Dinle (1997)